Not true Braggadoe,Industry or natural disturbance may change the carrying capacity(for the better or worse depending on the species,and amount of time passed since disturbance)but a trapper still must manage for optimum harvest according to the carrying capacity of the trapline,at any given time in the forest progression.
Traplines change over the years and I suspect you will learn that if you trap one line over 30 years or so.
I have trapped several lines in the same area over quite a number of years,and have seen the changes brought about on lines that were both cut over and mismanaged in the past due to lack of sufficient harvest of the fur resource.
As the forest progresses towards climax the animals that thrive on it change sometimes dramatically.A climax forest is definitely not the most productive for a lot of furbearers.
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